Virginie Ledoyen

Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (imdb)

At the start of World War II, the fate of the free world hangs in the balance at the posh Hotel Splendide in Bordeaux. Cabinet members, journalists, physicists, and spies of all persuasions gather in order to escape the Nazi occupation of Paris. High society socialites hobnob with jailbirds. Murderous intrigues, scientific secrets and love affairs flourish. (imdb)

One murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be more eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually enter the truth. Oh, thou cruel woman! (imdb)

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for the upper-class family Lelievre, hides her illiteracy under the cloak of a perfect household and obedience. She finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers. Things start to escalate as the Lelievres find out that Sophie can't read and has brought Jeanne into their house against their wish. (imdb)

A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends nd lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives (imdb)

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story... (imdb)

When billionaire Pierre Levasseur is snapped by a papparazzo with Elena, his dazzling, supermodel mistress, he tries to avoid a catastrophic divorce by coming up with an outrageous lie. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Early one morning Valerie has to tell her unemployed boyfriend Remi that she is pregnant. She has decided to keep the child, but they argue whether they should break up or not. That same morning Valerie starts working in room service at a smart hotel. The film follows the routine of Valerie bringing breakfast to the guests, Valerie constantly trying to phone her mother, and Valerie's relations with the other staff. (imdb)

Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick (Ron Livingston), an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has been 'comfortably numb' in Cambodia for years, when he encounters Holly (Thuy Nguyen), a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, in the K11 red light village... (imdb)

Ledoyen and Considine play a young married couple at the end of the 1970s, who come to visit a friend (Oldman) who now lives in the Basque region because he has married a woman from there (Sánchez-Gijón). Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest... (imdb)

In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin, who is secretly pregnant, arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage. She became closer with the last orphan, Judith, who was left behind because of her mental problems. Anna investigate the place trying to disclose the secret about the invisible children. (imdb)

Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris, their families are ineffective and distant and they lead a purposeless life. They steal some records in a supermarket but she is caught and sent to a nursing home by force by her parents. She escapes and follows Gilles to a house where some other youths live. They then decide to go south: Christine has been told there is a commune there, where artists live. So they head south sleeping rough... (imdb)

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life. (Music Box Films)

The film follows middle-class con men and petty criminals who wind up getting involved with the real underworld, which turns out to be far less romantic than they anticipated. (cinemathequeontario.ca)

An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons. (imdb)

Cécile and Samira can't pay their rent. The two girls see an art gallery reception and finesse their way in. In attendance are Michel, a lawyer, and his wife Viviane. Cécile steals some wallets from coats. The girls are ejected.They try to rob a jeweller but there's a scuffle. Samira is arrested. Cécile needs to find a lawyer. Michel agrees to take the case, since she comes from the same poor neighbourhood he worked his way out of. Viviane suspects her husband has another reason... (imdb)

Jeanne has an appetite for love that can never be satisfied. Olivier gives her butterflies like never before she finally finds herself in love, truly in love. Yet she continues her affairs. Olivier reveals to Jeanne he has AIDS from a bad needle during his heroine use. This however does not scare Jeanne off and her love for him turns her into a new person who wants to care for him, but that is not what he wants. The two share a common friend that is an AIDS Activist but they don't know it. (imdb)

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman Javert. (imdb)

The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin. (imdb)

Ely and Lila are like two sisters. They have known each other since childhood, share everything and dream together of another life. They live in the same suburb, just ten minutes from Paris. Today, Ely and Lila no longer want to be ten minutes from their lives. From little mix-ups to big lies, they will do everything to try and enter a world that is not theirs where everything seems possible.

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution. (mubi.com)

Set in 1966 in the small port town of Sete, Mima, aged 12 and her sister, who are Italian and from a Calabrian family, live in France with other members of the family. However, one day Mima witnesses her beloved grandfather being taken away by two men, and later he is found dead. She discovers that he was killed because of a long-running family feud with the mafia... (bfi)

The film describes the sexual awakening and adventures of teen-aged Roger during the time of the outbreak of WWI. (imdb)

After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive. (imdb)

Mathias and Antoine become a modern-day odd couple when they move in together in London. But while establishing house rules is easy, handling relationships with the opposite sex is another matter! (imdb)

A man, named for the Roman numeral tattooed on the his neck thirteen (13) XIII, is a former secret operative who cannot remember any of his past. In order to figure it out, the highly trained XIII must take on missions from those he cannot trust. (imdb)

In this bittersweet tale of couplings and uncouplings, a group of friends hole up for their annual Christmas gathering in Chamonix. (imdb)

The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an electrician who installs residential security systems. Despite their differences, they immediately fall in love and plan a new life together. Jean intends to leave his long-time partner, Dolorès, but she will stop at nothing to keep him. (imdb)

Three best friends in their forties start a relationship with younger men while on vacation. (imdb)

An architect is unexpectedly given the opportunity to redesign Notre-Dame's esplanade. (variety.com)

This French drama/comedy follows the development of a unique friendship between a young French woman and an old, cynical librarian. (imdb)

The adventures of the young Rémi, an orphan, collected by the gentle Madam Barberin. At the age of 10 years, he is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor Vitalis, a mysterious itinerant musician. Has its sides, he will learn the harsh life of acrobat and sing to win his bread. Accompanied by the faithful dog capi and of the small monkey Joli-Coeur, his long trip through France, made for meetings, friendships and mutual assistance, leads him to the secret of its origins.

Follows Blanche Renard who meets Greg Lamoureux and believes he is the one, but soon she finds herself caught up in a toxic relationship with a possessive and dangerous man. (imdb)

When violent and gruesome deaths starts plaguing a small mountain village, an old legend about a malevolent creature resurfaces.

Eva Beaufils takes just one look at an old photo and it turns her whole world upside down. Suddenly, her husband Bastien disappears. Eva has only one thing left in mind: find him at all costs. (imdb)